March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum

The Christian Science Monitor of July 7,
1961 had some fun with a trolley
arriving three weeks late at the Port of
Boston. The Monitor was referring to
Sydney Tramways No. 1700 (1925
Meadowbank Manufacturing Co.)
arriving in the Port of Boston on the
United States Lines freighter Pioneer
Gem enroute to Seashore.
Unfortunately the Pioneer Gem arrived
on the very day that a general maritime
strike, ultimately lasting three weeks,
paralyzed East Coast ports.
Today Sydney 1700 is one of the
workhorses of Seashoreʼs
demonstration railway.
Information Requests –
The Library continues to receive and respond to information requests through the
Museumʼs website. Requests seem to come in waves of specific varieties. In the past
month there has been an interest in box motors and express motors - C&LE 648 and
Oshawa 300 among others. Our answering requests often provide new materials to the
museum. The individual seeking info on C&LE 648 sent some material in return that was
new to us. Please note that although a great deal of material has been moved into
storage this material is inventoried and retrievable. Although not yet fully computerized
this inventory allows us to continue, actually expand, our ability to fulfill information
requests. The volunteers at YCCC who are computerizing our inventory sheets now have
some 2,500 publications in the system. We will happily undertake a search based upon a
request to the library link on the Seashore website or to the librarian.